Evesham Friends Meeting House
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Evesham Friends Meeting House
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| Location | Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads. (Evesboro Road), Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′5″N 74°53′32″W / 39.93472°N 74.89222°WCoordinates: 39°56′5″N 74°53′32″W / 39.93472°N 74.89222°W |
| Area | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architectural style | Quaker architecture |
| NRHP reference # | 82003268 |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1982 |
Evesham Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads (Evesboro Road) in Mount Laurel, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
The meeting house was built in 1760 from local sandstone and expanded in 1798. It is the second oldest extent Quaker meeting house in Burlington County. The original meeting house on the site was built in 1698 behind the current building. A movable partition divides the older, eastern section from the newer section. During the Orthodox-Hicksite split, adherents of the Orthodox view met in the older section, while the Hicksites met in the newer section.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Interior of older section in 1936
First floor plan
Plot plan
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